Yeah that's what I suggested too but he wasn't keen on it.
Perhaps if it was mounted a little farther forward so it wasn't close to the tire and angled still it would look a little nicer... (say's the guy who has a black tube poking out in front of the tire on his truck)
They look good for about the first week, then the black horridness that is carbon blackens the whole tip and truck side. It's a bitch to clean and you have to clean it right away.